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What format won’t be jumpy/strobelike in CS6?
Hi everyone! I have been away from video for a few years, so this project is actually my first one in HD!
Our camera recorded the footage in AVCHD, but when we bring that into Premiere CS6 to edit, it looks jumpy and strobe-like–not smooth video–and it makes it difficult to edit. (And, yes, I am using my personal computer which is not that great.)
So my idea was to convert all the video we recorded into a different format that would make it appear smooth and easy-to-edit in CS6, even on a slow computer.
So the question is this: what format is the easiest/native for CS6 to read on a slowish computer?
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There is no free lunch sadly.
Premiere’s “native” engine means you can use any format on the timeline. However, in cases such as AVCHD (inter-frame) what you gain in compact file sizes (by not having the same disk sub-system requirements – IE storage speed and space) you loose in processing requirements (IE higher CPU/GPU requirements.)
If you consider ProRes or DNxHD or Cineform the happy medium between uncompressed and highly compressed then that is your answer but I think trying to run CS6 on a “slowish” computer isn’t really what it’s designed for and is asking for some trouble, especially come export time when Premiere will need to render/print/ the timeline irrespective of what format you’re using.
I honestly wish there was some simple solution, but it’s a pretty demanding app. Give it what it needs and it will shine, otherwise it can be a bit of a pain.
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Andy,
B4 u started investing 2 much, like silly me, try to see what Bitrate does your AVCHD record in. If it allows you to lower that, which in 99% of average people’s eyes, don’t see the different, lowering it from 24MBit to 15MBit. BTW, I assume you have a graphic card that has CUDA playback (at least the workaround to trick PPro to recognize it.)Best wish.
Perry
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